etymology

常见例句

So what does all this have to do with etymology?
那么这一切与词源有什么关系呢？
Etymology: over England; from one land to another; into Ireland.
词源学：越过英格兰，从一个陆地到另一个陆地，爱尔兰。
So the real etymology is that it appeared, evidently as slang, in around 1700.
真正的词源似乎是这样的：它作为俚语出现在1700年左右。

Theodicy is the term coined by the eighteenth-century philosopher Leibniz, and he applied this term theodicy to just that kind of philosophical sentiment that's implied by its etymology.
斯奥迪斯是由18世纪哲学家莱布尼兹创造的，他用斯奥迪斯这个词指代,它的语源表达的哲学思想。
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The etymology given in the biblical text is invented.
圣经中的词源根据是编造出来的。
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The trouble with the etymology of theory and the way in which the word has been used traditionally is that sometimes it actually means practice, and then at other historical periods it means something very different from practice, something typically from which practice is derived.
理论这个词在词源,和传统的使用方法上的复杂之处在于,它有时候指的是实践，但在特定的历史时期,它指的是和实践非常不同的东西，也就是实践产生的依据。
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It shows definitions, pronunciation and extensive etymology—definitely an asset while reading Chekhov, or Infinite Jest.
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The meaning of a word can be derived from its etymology or it can be assigned arbitrarily and artificially.
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Though he is a respected linguist, this seems shaky, as so much of English etymology is famously, gloriously illogical.
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